# Favorite "little" jokes in movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 15, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688 "2024-12-15T22:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/201 "2024-12-26T21:59:43Z")
Wall Street ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/202 "2024-12-27T01:34:58Z")
I don’t remember the quote exactly but in Cars 2(?) there are two cars talking and one says: she left me for a hybrid, I didn’t even hear it coming. It’s in the background so if you blink you miss it, but it always gave me a laugh. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/203 "2024-12-27T14:12:27Z")
Not quite a joke, but I can’t fail to notice this every single time I watch _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_, which I did last night. After his tree has burned up and the “bonus” has arrived, Clark goes outside to get another tree. Ellen follows him out to the porch holding a cup of eggnog in her hand to try to talk sense into him. When she fails, she nonchalantly tosses her cup into the bushes before going back inside. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/204 "2024-12-27T22:12:06Z")
One I’ve mentioned in a different thread occurs in _The Matrix_. Morpheus and Neo are off to see the Oracle and when they enter her building, Morpheus nods to the blind man sitting in the lobby. He, of course, nods back. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/205 "2024-12-27T22:16:00Z")
In _Roxanne_ there’s a lovely throwaway joke. Steve Martin’s character is walking down the sidewalk. He stops to buy a newspaper at a mechanical vendor. lHe walks down the street a bit, reading the paper, then stops dead and starts screaming. He turns and rushes back to the vendor, puts more money in it, opens it up and stuffs the paper back inside, still screaming. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/206 "2024-12-27T22:16:53Z")
I always got a chuckle out of Austin Powers’ brief aside to the blind restroom attendant: > You didn’t happen to see - [_realizes he’s blind_] anything at all… ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/207 "2024-12-27T23:59:11Z")
Another from _National Lampoon Christmas Vacation_ that I find hilarious and relatable: When Clark and Cousin Eddie are shopping at Wal~Mart, Eddie throws a few bags of dog foods in the cart (for Snots, the dog). Clark then takes a package of light bulbs off the shelf and sets them on top of the dog food, only for Eddie to put another huge bag of dog food on top. _Crunch!_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/208 "2024-12-28T07:27:58Z")
TV shows are okay, right? When the gang have sent Derek to Mindy St. Clare (along with two duffel bags of cocaine), Mindy eventually builds (obtains) a kill switch for those times when she needs a break from him. The “little joke” is that it looks _very_ primitive compared to Janet’s kill switch, like it had been assembled by a couple of eight-year old boys, using scraps left over from when they built their tree house. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/209 "2024-12-28T07:48:59Z")
In the second Shrek movie Fiona’s mother, the queen, shows how to break a wall by head butting it. But it takes three tries and she’s a little woozy after that and the other princesses lead her aside as she hums to a tune from The Sound of Music. The Queen is voiced by Julie Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/210 "2024-12-28T13:30:32Z")
I’m headed over to the “How you know you’re old?” thread, because I have absolutely no idea who Derek, Mindy, or Janet are. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/211 "2024-12-28T13:33:55Z")
The Good Place is one of my favorite shows. Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/212 "2024-12-28T13:39:05Z")
Thank you. I’ve heard of it, but never watched any part. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/213 "2024-12-28T13:41:46Z")
Seconded. I love The Good Place. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/214 "2024-12-28T15:59:47Z")
Watched a bunch of movies’ at my Brother’s house, one of them being the 2009 _Star Trek_ reboot, and there is a scene early on when Jim Kirk is being brought up on disciplinary charges and hotly argues with Spock on the merits of the case, when it is interrupted by an emergency. As they turn to go, Kirk turns to (soon to be Doctor) McCoy and says: > [@](#): > > KIRK: (to McCoy) Who was that pointy-eared bastard? > MCCOY: I don’t know, but I like him. Which considering the future history in the original series and movies is a private chuckle for the fans. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/215 "2024-12-28T16:26:06Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I’m headed over to the “How you know you’re old?” thread, because I have absolutely no idea who Derek, Mindy, or Janet are. I read the sentence as Clare did something on Mindy Street. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/216 "2024-12-28T16:26:20Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Thank you. I’ve heard of it, but never watched any part. No need to apologize. I saw every episode of The Good Place but I still had _no_ idea what @kaylasdad99 was referring to. God forbid people actually include the movie or show title in their posts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/217 "2024-12-28T16:28:28Z")
I liked the bit in THOR where the audience maybe needs to get some physics-type exposition: the only person on hand to receive it from the brainy researchers is their college intern Darcy, who — as it happens — _does_ have no idea what the heck they’re talking about. “I thought you were a science major?” “Political science.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/218 "2024-12-28T17:04:47Z")
Watch “The Good Place.” You’re in for a treat. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/219 "2024-12-28T17:07:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@ZonexandScout](#): > > > > Thank you. I’ve heard of it, but never watched any part. > > No need to apologize. I saw every episode of The Good Place but I still had _no_ idea what @kaylasdad99 was referring to. God forbid people actually include the movie or show title in their posts. Oh, dip! I forgot to mention the name of the show! Sorry! (The Good Place) ---
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How about in the original when after dinner Ellen scrapes the food off of the dishes and hands them to Clark who dries them and puts them away. The dishes never actually get washed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=12)